So, as our story begins.....I'm now at SFO patiently awaiting my flight to Detroit. I know. I know. Yes, I'm heading in the opposite direction of Hong Kong.

I'm trying to convince myself that it's a small price to pay for a 10-day trip to China.

(Not an easy task for it being 4:24 am and not sleeping a wink last night, err...this morning. Well, you get my drift.) My Blackberry isn't even awake this early. No one should be.

Last night I was running around like a madman trying to get everything packed, cleaned, organized, thrown out, paid, and so on and so on.

You'd think it would be my first time away from home.